There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified the concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.
Rise above principle and do what's right.
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You'll always regret it.
I think Haig will be foolish, but perhaps not quite as foolish as Kissinger was, because Haig doesn't have the education Kissinger had. Haig is a little more dangerous because, I fear, he believes what he says, whereas I never got that impression from Kissinger.